Hair dressing device



Aug 1948- E. L. KLINE 2,446,424

HAIR DRESS ING DEVICE Filed Nov. 7, 1946 I 4/ LEFT RIG l IN VEN TOR.

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Patented Aug. 3, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Q 2,446,424

HAIR DRESSING Elizabeth L. Kline, Memphis, Tenn. 7 Application November '7, 1946, Serial No. 708,287

1 Claim. 1

hair and particularly relates to a device for use in forming so-called pin curls.

In the hair dressing art the designs of waves and curls are varied by the operators in accordance with the customers. desires. These designs frequently include a plurality of individual curls and ringlets formed of the hair and the most frequent mode of forming these individual curls has heretofore been by winding the customers hair by hand about a spool or other tool, commencing the wind from the ends of the hair and winding inwardly toward the scalp of the customer. This mode of forming curls has developed one serious disadvantage in that by beginning the wind at the outer end of the hair, uncurled and frizzled ends have been left, producing at times an undesired distortion of the hair design. I

Heretofore pin curls were formed by the operator first combing, by hand, a lock of the customer's hair, then applying a wave setting liquid and finally rolling the hair about a circular object, such as the operators finger or the like. The rolled curl is then pinned in place and allowed to dry.

Upon drying the formed curl is unrolled, recombed and formed into the desired hair style. This recombing is very tedious for if snarls are allowed to form, the curl becomes distorted and often produces wave sets of irregular patterns. Then too, should no snarls be encountered while recombing it is only because the operator has been very exacting in her work, which requires considerable time, to say nothing of the discomfort rendered the customer while waiting for the completed operation.

The reason of snarls developing in the hair by the hand wound method is that the curl is formed by working from the hair ends inward, then upon the letting out of the curl the hair ends cannot all be gathered at once, since the hair ends are lying on the inside of the formed curl. Thus when the hair is let out some of the hair ends entangle with adjacent hair to form a snarl. These snarls then have to be picked out piecemeal and extreme care given not to stretch or distort the curl.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a, device for forming individual curls in hair in which the winding of the curls is begun at the scalp and the lock of hair is wrapped around the device, the wrapping progressing toward the ends of the hair.

A further object of the invention is to pro- 2 vide means for mechanically eiiecting such winding. M

. A further object of the invention is to provide a hair winding device including a relatively stationary post and a rotatable comb-like section for effecting winding of the hair about the post. p

.And a further object of the invention is to generally improve the design, utility and, efii-,

ciency of hair curling devices.

The means by Which the foregoing and other objects are accomplished and the manner of their accomplishment will be readily understood from the following specification upon reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: I

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal side elevational View on an enlarged scale of the device of this invention.

Fig. 2 is alongitudinal side view partly in section and partly in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line IIIIII of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a, plan view of the comb-like section used with the device; and

Fig. 5 is an end view of the comb section.

Referring now to the drawings in which the various parts are indicated by numerals:

II is the casing housing the motor by which the drive of the device is accomplished. Carried by the casing is a field I3 which is preferably rigidly secured thereto. Mounted centrally in and extending through and beyond the casing is a relatively elongated cylindrical post I5 which is rigidly secured to the base of the casing. Carried by the post l5 are bearings ll including ball bearings I9. Secured to the casing, preferably as by welding, are thrust bearings 2|, 23 facing the bearings l1 and including the multiple ball bearings 25, 21.

Mounted between the bearings is a rotatable hollow post 29 surrounding the fixed post IS, the hollow post being formed with beads 3|, 33, these beads complementing the bearings I1, 2| and 23 so as to receive the ball bearing is within the bead and to have the ball bearings 25, 21 oppositely contact the sides of the bead so that the hollow post is freely rotatable between the bearings and by its formation is retained in position within the casing and around the fixed post.

Secured to and carried by the hollow post within the casing is an armature winding 35, the

post-carried armature and the casing-carried field comprising the motor of the device, connection to the source of electric power being preferably had through a cable 31 and control of the operation of the motor being efiected through a switch 39, the switch being shown as for operation of a reversible motor whereby to selectively efiect rotation of the hollow post, either in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction as desired.

External the casing ll an arcuate comb-like section M is secured to the hollow post 29, preferably by ahingewlii. The comb-like section is provided withteeth 5,146 along bothcf its edges and is of arcuate shape arranged concentrically with the cylindrical fixed post l5. Preferably the comb-like section does not extend to the end of the post section and the post section preferably 3 has a slot 41 extending along its mid line from v the end of the post to a point adjacent the hinge connection of the comb-likesection to: the hollow,

post.

In operation of the device, a lock of hair of the customer is separated and is inserted in the slot 41, the device being -moved-=until the fi'xed post is adjacent the scalp of the customer. The comb-likesection is lowered into positionto combingiy engage the lock of -hair,'the device is energized'by-the operation of the switchand the hollow-post is rotated, by theinotor, around the fixed post, the comb-like section being thereby moved through the hair ofthe customer, combing it smoothly about the fixedpost, this operationbeing continued until the-endofthe lock of hair hasbeenreached; when the rotation is cutoff and the comb-like section-raisedabout its hinge-so that it'is disengaged from the-lock of hair and the ringlet formed in thehair moved off the'fixed post and pinned into position'on-the customers head.

'While it-is preferable to provide the fixed post l5 with the slot 41 it will be understood that the slot may be omitted without departing herefrom.

fixed post a minor distance external said casing,

means for rotating said hollow post about said "fixed .post,. and a semi-circular comb section, ,hingedlysecured to said hollow post for rotation therewith about said fixed post, said section being normally'spaceddrom said fixed post and being provided with a plurality of comb teeth projecting therefrom along the opposite sides thereof, said teeth adapted to combingly contact a said lock-of hair to smoothly wind it about said fixed post, said rotating'means being reversible to selec tiveiy vary the direction of said windings-- ELIZABETH L. f KLINE.

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